Tooth-paste dispenser



Filed July '7, 1927 INVENTOR. JZZmon JJ. 5'12 a/erZ;

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Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

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ALMON D. SIEWEBT, OIF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA;

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a lication filed 1111 111927- serial-No. 203,913. i

turer a practical and inexpensive package for toothpaste and the consumer with a convenient means for dispensing the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combined dispensing container for tooth paste and a holder or case of a tooth brush.

A preferred embodiment of thei'nvention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in

which 1 V 1 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the con- 'tainer without brush holder, with a section removed to show the construction.

Figure 2 is a top plan view ofthe container with cap removed.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of therotative operating member. s

Figure 4 is a perspective cut-away View of a modification of the container with provi sion for carrying a tooth brush.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the inner tube of the modified container with compartments for a tooth brush and an antiseptic substance. I

Figure 6 is a view in cross section taken on line 6-45 of Figure 4.

Figure is a perspective cut-away section of a cap for the modified container; and

Figure 8 is a View in cross section through the cap as taken on line 88 of Figure 7 The form of container and dispenser shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, comprises in general a cylindric body 1 and a shallow cover or cap 2 fitting over the top of the body. The body preferably consists of a metal tube 3 of a double thickness of relatively thin metal, the walls of the tube being sufficiently stiff to prevent the body from being crushed or dented. The upper end of the tube is permanently closed by a cap 4 fixed over the edge of the tube and providing a downwardly facing shoulder 4* about the edge of the body. Near the periphery of the cap is an upstanding curved boss 5 having a slot 5 therein through which the paste is discharged. The bottom or lower end of the tube 3 is open and fitting snugly'therein is a disc 6 which in the filled condition of the tube forms a movable bot tom wall for the contents of the tube. The

center of this disc is provided with a threaded opening to receive the end of a rod 7 extending axially of the tubeand has ahelieal thread 7 throughout its length. The upper end of the rod projects through, the cap t and terminates above the same in a square end 7". p

Surrounding the tube adjacent its upper end is a split collar 8 having an integral radial arm 9 extending inwardly toits center from one point of its'periphery, the arm beng bent so as to provide an inverted U-shaped portion or hump 9 in radial alignment with the boss 5 at the upperend of the body 1 and adapted to permit the arm to clear or pass over the boss when the former is rotated in the act of dispensing the paste from the tube.

Inwardly from the closure portion 9 extends a radial finger 9 lying flatwise against the top of the body, and having a square opening through which-the square end 7 of the screw rod 7 extends. The split collar 8 surrounds. the tube 3 just below the shoulder 4 formed,

by the cap 4 and with sufiicient tightness to be frictionally held against free rotation;

Moreover, it is held from endwise displace ment by theshoulder 4 of the cap and the arm 9 bearing, against the top of the cap.

Assuming that the tube is filled with tooth paste with the disc 6 at the bottom, the rotation of the rod 7 by turning the collar 8Iin a clockwise direction, as shown in Figure 1, causes the disc 6 to travel upwardly on the rod thus forcing the paste through the slot 5 in the amount required for one application. The closure cap 2 is removedwhile the container is in use, but otherwise fits over the end with a snug friction fit.

The form of container shown in Figures 4 to 8, inclusive, is similar in its general construction to the one already described. In this instance, the body 10 of a double thickness of metal with an outer tube 10 surrounding a separate inner tube 10* carried over the.

rotative collar threaded rod and disc as al-.

ready described. In this instance, however, the disc isshaped to the cross sectional contour of the body, which is not'circular owing to the provision of a tooth brushcompartment,

Figure 5 shows the inner tube removed and a portion of its cylind 'ic Wall concave inwardly throughout its length to form a recess of sufiicient size to provide an endWise opening cavity 14 for the handle of a tooth brush when the inner and outer tuhes areassenibled. In addition to the handle cavity, a smaller cavity 15 opening through the top Wall 11 of the tube is formed by a partition all 16 (Figure 6) extending from the recessed portion of the tube to a point a short distance beyond, thus forming a tria-ngularly shaped cavity Which is iilled With a suitable antiseptic substance in solid form.

Owing to the provision for carryin atooth brush, a closure cap 17 of somewhat greater length is used in order to provide suiiicient space for the projecting head of the brush.

f desired, and in placeo'i' the antiseptic conipartnient in the body of the container, the

space Within the closure cap can be filled with a solid antiseptic 18 with a recess l8 formed to receive the head ofthe brush. I

I claim as any invention e 1. A dispenser for the purpose described, comprising a container having a discharge said dischargeopenin opening at one end and consisting of an outer and inner cylindric well, said innerwall having longitudinal recess forming a cavity betweenthe same and said outer Wall, a disc slidably mounted in said container, a rotative rod having threaded engagement with said I disc, and means for rotating said rod to move said disc. 1

, 2. A dispenser for the purpose described, comprising a cylindric container closed at one end and having a discharge opening at its opposite end, a disc sl-idahly mounted in said container below' the contents thereof, a rod connecting said collar with the adjacent end of said rodand adapted to form a closure for Signed at Pasadena this 1st day of July, 1927.

ALMON n. SIEWERT. 

